'It was never going to last'

07/07/2011

George Clooney's good pal Manuele Malenotti has given an interview to an Italian magazine in the wake of George's split with Elisabetta Canalis. According to Malenotti, the reason for the break up isn't, as some have speculated, due to the actor's sexuality, but instead down to his desire to never remarry, and remain footloose and fancy free into his dotage.

Malenotti told The Daily Mail, ‘I have known George for ten years. Of all the actors I know in Hollywood he is the one I see the most and we have done lots of charity work together. I know about their relationship because I was the one who got them together.

He continued, 'George wanted to meet Elisabettaand he asked me to make the introductions. I did as he asked but inside I always knew that it wouldn’t last – to be honest I was expecting it. You will have to ask them for all the specific reasons. All I can say is that George, when it comes to love, has decided that he is not going to get married again and he is not going to have any children and he won’t change his mind.'